Spitfire Audio’s cinematic sounds are coming to the MPC

Spitfire Audio’s cinematic sounds are coming to the MPC

The new libraries bring Spitfire’s Intimate Strings and Cinematic Pads into the Akai MPC workflow. Spitfire Audio and Akai Professional have released two new sound libraries for MPC: Originals Intimate Strings MPC Edition and Originals Cinematic Pads MPC Edition. The release marks the next step in the companies’ partnership, which was first announced at NAMM…

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9 DJs on the legacy of Detroit techno

9 DJs on the legacy of Detroit techno

Delano Smith, Rimarkable, Boys Noize, and more explain why they’re optimistic about the future of genre at Movement Festival. Photo by Jake Mulka There’s nothing quite like listening to techno in its hometown. On May 25, Detroiters and global techno lovers alike celebrated the legacy of the electronic genre at Movement Festival in downtown Detroit’s…

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Theodora’s globe-trotting pop is France right now

Theodora’s globe-trotting pop is France right now

Gen F: Theodora’s globe-trotting pop is France right now The 22-year-old singer makes songs to unabashedly live to using sounds from France’s diaspora. By Steffanee Wang Photographer Liesel Fritsch The FADER’s longstanding GEN F series profiles the emerging artists you need to know right now. There’s a lyric on Theodora’s breakout single “KONGOLESE SOUS BBL”…

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Goldie Brought Pure Mayhem At His Final Us Tour Stop

Goldie Brought Pure Mayhem At His Final Us Tour Stop

Goldie Brought Pure Mayhem At His Final Us Tour Stop See exclusive photos from the show. By The FADER Photographer Ethan Holland On April 19, Goldie turned Brooklyn’s Elsewhere into a sweatbox time machine, bridging jungle’s origins to its future. Three decades into his career, the jungle and drum and bass pioneer moved seamlessly between…

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